Had the government shut down in 1958, when Dwight Eisenhower was in office, how many people would have been at risk of losing their federal food stamp benefits? None.

By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – November 12, 2025 To see this article in its entirety and to subscribe to others like it, please choose to read more. Would you believe that Obamacare is suddenly and unexpectedly on the brink of financial collapse only because Republicans won’t rescue it, and it is incumbent on them to preserve the program from...

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – November 11, 2025 This is next-level lunacy. THERE’S been a lot of conversation about Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes lately, but everyone should spare a thought for Candace Owens. On her eponymous podcast, Candace, the crackpot influencer has been conducting an “investigation” into what happened to Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University that is another symptom...

The populist right cannot merely shake their heads and bemoan the extremism of Mamdani, frightening though it is.

Democrats fought to protect Obamacare during a 40-day government shutdown.

But the prospects of major U.S. intervention in this situation are grim.

The Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on mail-in ballots could reshape election law.

“Explain this economy,” Bill says on Friday. Sure thing, Bill. It’s a bipartisan failure to take on reckless monetary policy that widens the inequality gap.

By: Mary Eberstadt – wsj.com – October 23, 2025 How contempt for one’s countrymen poisoned American politics. Rural Western New York has long been known as the “burned-over district,” so named for the extraordinary — even preposterous — number of religious visions that combusted there in the 1800s. It’s an apt and haunted setting for a different kind of seer who...

Exploring the challenges and implications of the SNAP program in America.